# The Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1975, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1975 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1977.
(2) In these Regulations:—
“fishing vessel” includes a fishery research vessel but does not include a fishery protection vessel;
“length” means the length measured from the fore part of the stem on the line of the forecastle deck to the after side of the head of the stern post, or, if there is no stern post, to the foreside of the rudder stock at the point where the rudder stock passes out of the hull;
“sanitary accommodation” includes washing accommodation and water closets.
(3) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/2220/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-crew-accommodation-fishing-vessels-regulations-1975/regulation-1
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